The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) called for the inclusion of tobacco farmers in government agencies and boards including the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Council to protect their livelihood ...
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s tobacco output recovered to over 45 million kilos last year as farmers were encouraged to produce more due to favorable buying prices driven by growing ...
TOBACCO leaf production increased 7.45% to 45.4 million kilograms in 2024, with more farmers encouraged to plant by export opportunities and local government prodding, according to the National ...
MANILA, Philippines — The National Tobacco Administration (NTA), along with government agencies, farmers, fisherfolk, private sector representatives, and tobacco manufacturers, have pledged to ...
“Through investigative methods, detectives learned the stolen credit cards were used to purchase Chinese food and tobacco products at various businesses in North Lauderdale,” St. Louis said in ...
Distor also noted that the number of tobacco farmers grew as corn planters struggled to deal with fall armyworms which prompted them to shift to planting tobacco instead. “Corn is currently ...
Personal items, along with credit cards, were stolen from the vehicles. Detectives learned the stolen credit cards were used to purchase Chinese food and tobacco products at various businesses in the ...
Casela said the NTA aims to expand local tobacco farming by securing 4,000 additional hectares per year, which can support 18,000 farmers annually, as well as continuous support to local farmers to ...